9m later still have chest pain

I continue to have deep debilitating pain in my left chest9 months after PM surgery. I had an abandoned lead removed but it hasn't affected this pain.

My cardiac surgeons doesn't "hear" me; my cardiologist doesn't "hear" me. I'm thinking is must be a common after-surgery and life-ever-after condition.

This pain is so big it affects my entire left chest - a deep grinding pain. It is not associated with bra-straps as it is there before dressing and after undressing.

This pain is affecting my recovery - I don't want to do anything. It's like a migraine in the body - consuming my attention and desire to participate.

Any ideas?

2 Comments

Pain should not be ignored

by Sue H. - 2015-02-06 10:02:13

Not sure you can do this, but my suggestion is find a different cardiologist. Your kind of pain is not normal and they should not be treating it as something you should live with or common after surgery, it is not.

When our bodies cry out in pain, it is telling us something is wrong. Please get help as Pacemakers make our lives better not worse.

Keep us posted as to how you make out and if you want to private message me, I'm here.

I've had my pacemaker 7 years and I forget I have it many times, and that's how it should be.

Good Luck.

Magster (e.g. Sue)

Pain is Bad

by Gotrhythm - 2015-02-06 12:02:26

It's a sign something is wrong.

What your doctors are saying to you is that they don't know what's wrong, and they aren't going to take the next steps to find out.

That means the next step is up to you. My advice would be to demand a referral to a major university medical center. But for sure, find another doctor.

You have to advocate for yourself.

You know you're wired when...

Like the Energizer Bunny, you keep going.

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